Mrs. Raymond Parker Fouts book “Following The Land” has at least three know Parker Y-DNA groups represented in her book.

[Wayne N. Parker]

 

  I would like to make all Parker researchers aware the Mrs. Raymond Parker Fouts book “Following The Land” has at least three know Parker Y-DNA groups represented in her book.

  The line of Richard Parker I is FG#7 ( my line), Thomas Parker line is FG.#1 and the line of P79— William PARKER, b abt 1604 England, d 1655-63 Nansemond Co, VA who has not match with another Parker line yet. Yes there are Thomas Parkers in Richard Parker I line.

  The Richard and Thomas that I am talking about are listed as the sons of William Parker (born 1604)  in the book.

   We have a male Parker being tested right now that might help us shed more light on the Thomas Parker line. We will just have to wait on his results as this Parker family has lived in the same area in NC for about three hundred years,

   I am a big big fan of DNA testing, the more males tested the better.

   I know that I have been all over the place on the question are "Thomas Parker and Richard Parker brothers" but Y-DNA does not lie, thus we have two different Y-DNA Parker line in the book.

  I don't know just where P79  fit in but it was excepted that he would from the Parker family that Mrs. Ray had researched.

  Part of my problem was not having access to the research on the Parker lines of FG#1 and that why I added the information about Thomas Parker from “Following The Land” to my file knowing full well that I was going to make mistakes but I needed something to work with and this approach was better that nothing.

  I will never say that I am perfect but I will always say that I must and will do the very best job with the information that I have to work with. My file is a work in progress.

   Yes it gets very confusing at times because no one is perfect in their research but we all (not the copy and paste people) trying  to do the best job we can. With so many of the different Parker families naming their children the same names that makes it even harder.

   I have reached out many time to other researchers for help and have offered my help many times to other researchers in the hope that we all can find our roots.

  I may not get it right but I sure am out there trying.

Wayne N. Parker Parker family researcher.

[Steven Charles Kratz]

Wayne, I truly thank Mrs. Fouts and you for all the good you have done for us. We have had this discussion before about the PARKERs, how many groups are in her book. It simply is very unrealistic and the probability that only 1 group was in the Nansemond area seems very unlikely. Parker is a very common name, how many Smiths are in Nansemond, not much different. One thing to point out is since there are so many PARKERs, they themselves differentiated one PARKER from another. I have found in my research this is quite common. Example the PARKERs on the North Carolina border. Tax records, there may be 2 john PARKER, one a son of Isaac, the other a son of Moses. Even Mrs. Fouts differentiates the PARKERs, however she still has them in only 1 YDNA group. Once again love both of your work, however there are more than 1 group in the Nansemond County area. Some one wrote that my Jesse PARKER was in Montgomery County, NC before he went to Georgia. Montgomery close to South Carolina and Georgia. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jesse PARKER was in Livingston County, KY. Research seems to show that so who is the Robert PARKER with Jesse, Benjamin and William PARKER. There are 2 Robert PARKER in the Livingston County, KY area.

[Wayne N. Parker]

Steven, you and many other Parker researchers have contributed a whole lot of information over the years to our knowledge and understanding of the Parker families. I thank you and everyone else for all the information you all have provided. Yes sometimes it seems to more I learn about Parker research the less I know for sure.
It is a fun hobby and I enjoy all the efforts of all our different researchers to find information and put it on the net for other to see and use. Yes the Parker name is very common and I think that is great because it sure has made our research of each Parker family line a long and winding trail to follow!!!! :) , also it has made each of us better genealogy researchers.
Wayne

[Jan Pranger]

Hello,
I'm just catching up with this thread a few years later. I purchased "Following the Land" and have make a first pass through all this wonderful and detailed research, but in no way have assimilated as many of you have already done. Would so much appreciate some more detailed help in understanding how to divide this book into the three YDNA groups you discuss here. I am descended from Elisha Parker, the Perquimans to Wayne Co. NC Quaker, c. 1727- c 1805, and some of my kinsmen have been tested and fall into Group 1. The families William1 Thomas2 Peter3 Thomas4 AND William1 Thomas2 Peter3 Joseph4 AND William1 Thomas2 Thomas3 really caught my on on the first reading because this is where the Elliott family name which is so much part of my heritage appears, and also the family names of Copeland, Constant, Overton and Bundy that are direct or affiliated family lines. Are these all Group 1 YDNA lines? Thank you so much for your help,

Jan

[Wayne N. Parker]

Hello Jan,
Based on my research of FG#7 and the research of members of FG#1, Mrs. Raymond Parker Fouts fantastic and great research book “Following The Land” can divided into FG#1 and FG#7 this way.
FG#7 Parker family begins with William Parker son Richard Parker.
FG#1 Parker family begins with William Parker son Thomas Parker.
The third line has only one Parker male P79 that has been tested and he has not matched any other Parker male at this time.
Based on y-DNA testing William Parker sons Richard and Thomas are not blood brothers. So we are left with several theories.
(1) Richard Parker and Thomas Parker are step-brothers.
(2) Richard Parker and Thomas Parker were not even raised as part of the same family but just happen to live in the same area of VA.
(3) Or some other theories.
The Parker researchers of today owe a great debt to Mrs. Raymond Fouts as she had given us so much information not only in her book Following The Land but also in her many other books that she wrote.

Wayne N. Parker

[Jan Pranger]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

[Wayne N. Parker]

More information on FG#7

Wayne N. Parker P239 researcher.   

Link to my file below and my e-mail  address  [e-mail]

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=parke...

Parker and Allied Families

Entries: 17065    Updated: 2013-10-28 20:37:07 UTC (Mon)    Contact: Wayne N. Parker P239 Y-DNA FG#7

---

Work In Progress. Tracing the Parker Family (FG#7) from Nansemond Co., VA to Nacogdoches Co., TX and all points in between and beyond. Also researching the following Y-DNA Families; Williams FG#22, Cotton FG#7, Harris FG#6, Morrow FG#1

---

Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Public Profile | Add Post-em

---

• ID: I07093

• Name: Richard Parker I

• Sex: M

• Birth: ABT 1625 in Nansemond Co., VA

• Death: BEF 23 APR 1681 in Nansemond Co., VA

• Event: Y-DNA P239 FG#7 Parker DNA Project

• Note:

Richard Parker of Nansemond Co., Va. is first found in Headright of John Carter 1643, and the same listing with Lawrence Peeters in 1647, with variations of spellings ofheadright's names. He is, most likely, in the family of William and/or Thomas Parker that lived near Dumpling Cr., and Chuckatuck. Tradition has said that he married ElizabethBaily d/o Richard. This is untrue. She was married toPhillip Parker of Accomac Co. Va. Records of Accomac Co., Va. show her husband still alive in 1690s, Ref: ACCOMACK Co. Or.1690-1697, Reel 79,PP.160a-165.
(info Phillips name from R. Fouts).
Compiled 1988 byWaunita Powell407 Elm St. Paris, Ill.

Based on my research (Wayne Nelson Parker) This Richard Parker was not, I repeat not Dr. Richard Parker. Richard Parker of Nansemond Co., VA did not, repeat did not married Elizabeth Bailey. I don't know who his wife was. I have not been able to connection this Richard Parker to the Browsholme Parker family of England or to any other Parker family in England at this time July 2013.
Looking at the land records of early VA. William Parker may be the father of Richard Parker 1. I have no other proof at this time except the land records but I have added William Parker as the father of Richard Parker I in my file. Based on land records, deeds and wills (no will has been found but it is referenced to is a deed to his three sons) Richard Parker I had three sons that we know of. Richard II. Thomas and Francis Parker
This is the land records that proof that Wiliiam Parker is the father of Richard Parker I.
Note: You can see the land that William Parker acquired on May 31, 1636 and June 19, 1638 is the same land that his Grandsons Richard II. Thomas and Francis Parker inherit from their father Richard Parker I. See this land at this link.
http://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/deeds_for-websep111.jpg

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. War-
risquicke Co., last day of May 1636, p.
362. Beg. at a little Cr. on the S. side
of Nanzemund Riv., N. W. upon sd.
river against Dumplinge Island & S. E.
into the woods. Trans, of 7 pers: John
Gately, John Middep, Jane Veale, Mary
Harford, John Freethorne, Mary Waters,
William Golding.

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. Co. of
Up. Norf., 18 June 1638, p. 543. N.W.
upon Nansamund Riv., beg. at Powells
Cr. & butting upon his own land.
Trans, of 7 pers: Roger Salisbury,
Richard Savage, Dorothy Cole, Edward
Laughson, Walter Williams, Jon. Hat-
ton, Robert May.



http://archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge/cavalierspioneer00... vu.txt

MR. RICHARD PARKER, 400 acs.
in the S. branch of Nanzemond Riv.,
adj. his own & land of Mr. William
Wright. 5 Oct. 1654, p. 371. Trans,
of 8 pers.*


JOHN CARTER, 300 acs. Up. Norf.
Co., Dec. 22, 1643, Page 934. Upon
the Wwd. side of the Southern br. of
Nansamund River over against land of
Mr. Thomas Dew & near land of Wil-
liam Tucker. Trans, of 6 pers: Mor-
gan Williams, Rich. Parker, Robert
Peirce, Thomas Norrice, Israeli Harris,
Hen. Bartholmew.

THOMAS DAVIS, 475 acs. War-
wick Co., Sept. 10, 1645, Page 34. Up-
on Waters Cr., S. W. upon James River,
W. upon Richard Domellaws, & N. E.
upon land of Mr. William Whitby. 50
acs. granted unto Percivall Elletson,
Mar. 6, 1620, & by authority granted
by him unto Edward Waters & sould
unto William Worleich & by him unto
sd. Davis. 100 acs. granted sd. Waters
Aug. 20, 1624, by him sould to Wor-
leich & by him to sd. Davis. 150 acs.
granted sd. Worleich May 7, 1637 sold
unto sd. Davis, all of which remayned
upon record under his patent. 175 acs.
the residue due for trans, of 4 pers:
Thomas Davis, Richard Parker, Walt.
Belcher, Thomas Trevannion.

LAWRENCE PEETERS, 300 acs.
Nansimum Co., June 17, 1647. (Date
erased). Upon head br. of N. W. br.
of Nansimum Riv. called Indian Cr.,
adj. William Story & John Garwood.
Trans, of 6 pers: Morgan Williams,
Richard Parker, Robert Price, Thomas
Norris, Israeli Harris, Hen. Berthole-
mewe. Page 85.

LEONARD GUINNS (or Gwinns),
150 acs. Nansimund Co., June 9, 1648.
Page 137. Upon the Westward side of
Nansimund Riv., 30 acs. being an island
called Dumplinn Is., opposite to land
of Francis Maiden Sc near Thomas
Parker. Due by purchase from Toby
Smith.

TOBY SMITH to Leonard Guinns,
of Nansemund, Planter, the above tract
of land. Feb. 3, 1647, Page 137.
Signed Toby Smith, and acknowledged
before Toby Smith, Clk. Ct. in said
county. Witnesses: George Gwillum &
Robert Gibson.

FRANCIS MAULDEN, 400 acs. in
Nansamund Riv. on the N. side, beg.
at a reedy br., extending up the Riv.,
S. E. upon Dumpling Island & N. W.
into the woods. 1 Nov. 1637, p. 494.
100 acs. for the per. adv. of himself &
wife Katherine Maulden & 300 acs. for
trans, of 6 pers.*

PERCIVALL CHAMPION, 250 acs.
in Nansamund Riv., in Up. Co. of New
Norf., 23 Aug. 1638, p. 592. Within
Dumpling Island Cr. on the E. side,
butting upon land of Epaphroditue
Lawson, S. by W. upon sd. Cr. & N.
by E. into the woods. Due for trans,
of 5 pers: Humphry Trent, Edward
Gibbs, James Midleton, Sibbill Walter,
John Jones.

WILLIAM HATFEILD, 300 acs. in
Nansamund Riv., Up. Co. of New
Norf., 22 Aug. 1638, p. 592. Adj. land
of Percivall Champion, runing up the
E. side of Dumpling Island Cr. Due
for trans, of 6 pers: Samuell Firmant,
Jon. Sheppard, Tho. Browne, Tho.
Fisher, Jon. Sharpe, John Morgan.

SAME. 100 acs., same Co. & page
593, 24 Aug. 1638. Upon S. br. of
Nansamund Riv. Due by right of trans.
of 2 pers: Symon Griffin, Ann Griffin.

SAME. 200 acs., same location, date
& page. Due in right of trans, of 4
pers: Joane Ashton, Eliza. Edes, Tho-
mas Georg, Richard Walter.

ARGOLL YEARDLEY, 500 acs. in
the Up. Co. of New Norf., 6 Feb. 1637,
p. 521. Upon Dumpling Is. Cr. in
Nansamund Riv. on the S. side, adj.
land of William Parker & E. N. upon
sd. Cr. 50 acs. due for his own per.
adv., 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his
wife Frances & 400 acs. for trans, of
8 pers: Susan Beale, Thomas Adderly,
Rice Jones, Edward Kinsey, Christo.
Graunt, Jon. Woodcocke, Andolo &
Maria 2 Negroes.


Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 25 out of 25 Previous Record No Next Record
This is a link showing where this Richard Parker lived in Nansemond Co., VA http://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/deeds_for-websep111.jpg


URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=371&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard, Mr. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 5 October 1654.
Summary Location: County location not given.
Description: 400 acres on the southerne branch of Nanzemond River, adjoining land of Mr. Willm. Wright.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 371 (Reel 2).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard, Mr. grantee.
LinkWright, Willm., Mr.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia
Subject -Geographic LinkVirginia -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number

Request Save/Mail Add to List New Search
Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 23 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=323&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 18 March 1662.
Gen. note Formerly gtd. him Octr. 4. 1654 renewed.
Summary Location: County location not given.
Description: 400 acres on the southern branch of Nancemum River.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 323 (Reel 5).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia
Subject -Geographic LinkVirginia -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804057

Request Save/Mail Add to List New Search
Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 22 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=668&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkVaughan, Edward. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 18 May 1666.
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Description: 100 acres adjoining the land of Sylvester Baker, Randolph Crecive, Richard Parker, &c.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 668 (Reel 5).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkVaughan, Edward. grantee.
LinkBaker, Sylvester.
LinkCrecive, Randolph.
LinkParker, Richard.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000835449

Previous Record

Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 19 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=596&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 24 February 1675/1676.
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Description: 100 acres with marsh the greater part adjoining at a place called Hoods neck.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 596 (Reel 6).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804087

Previous Record

http://genealogy.ztlcox.com/~xcc2all/cfreddukefiles/c_fred_duke_fil... re1750.htm
29 Mar 1666 Edward Vaughan 100acs. in the upper parrish of Nancimond Co., "beg. at cor. tree of Silvester Baker’s land, running S.W. 320 po. on the miles end of Randolph Crewes land, buttin on the land of Rich. Parker, S.E. & joyning land of Mr. Wright & Tho. Harrowes--" (I pa 558-569)

• ID: I00027

• Name: Richard Parker II

• Sex: M

• Birth: ABT 1645 in Nansemond Co., VA

• Death: BET 1698 AND 1704 in Nansemond Co., VA

• Event: Y-DNA P239 FG#7 Parker DNA Project

• Note:

This is a link showing where this Richard Parker lived in Nansemond Co., VA http://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/deeds_for-websep111.jpg

This is the land records that proof that Wiliiam Parker is the father of Richard Parker I.
Note: You can see the land that William Parker acquired on May 31, 1636 and June 19, 1638 is the same land that his Grandsons Richard II. Thomas and Francis Parker inherit from their father Richard Parker I. See this land at this link.
http://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/deeds_for-websep111.jpg

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. War-
risquicke Co., last day of May 1636, p.
362. Beg. at a little Cr. on the S. side
of Nanzemund Riv., N. W. upon sd.
river against Dumplinge Island & S. E.
into the woods. Trans, of 7 pers: John
Gately, John Middep, Jane Veale, Mary
Harford, John Freethorne, Mary Waters,
William Golding.

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. Co. of
Up. Norf., 18 June 1638, p. 543. N.W.
upon Nansamund Riv., beg. at Powells
Cr. & butting upon his own land.
Trans, of 7 pers: Roger Salisbury,
Richard Savage, Dorothy Cole, Edward
Laughson, Walter Williams, Jon. Hat-
ton, Robert May.


Virginia State Land Office, Patent Book 7 1679-1689, pages 93-94
[By a series of boundary changes, portions of the described land was successively in Nansemond Co., VA, Chowan Co., NC in 1728, Hertford Co., NC in 1759 and Gates Co., NC in 1779. In terms of a modern map, the land was located on the western edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, near the present town of Corapeake, Gates Co., NC.]
To all people, etc. whereas, etc.... Now know ye that I, the said Sr. Henry Chisheley, Kt., his Majesties Deputy Governor, do give and grant unto Thomas, Richard and Frances Parker, the three sons of Richard Parker, dec'd. one thousand four hundred and twenty acres of land on the marsh adjoining, lying and being in the souther branch of nansemond, beginning at a red oak standing on a point to the northward of Cranny Creek mouth and opposite to a small island called Cranny Isle and at Crain's ehancing, thence running down by the main branch side according to the several curvings and windings of the said branch 'till it comes to a great decayed white oak standing a little above the creek's mouth which is called Parker's Creek; thence south east crossing over the said creek twice and extending three hundred and twenty poles to John Small his own white oak, thence south west one hundred and eighty four poles to a small white oak being the beginning head of the Crosse Swampe Pattent and runs the due courses of the said Pattent First east north east two hundred poles to a small Gum, thence south south east three hundred and twenty poles to a small Ash by a Gum in a great reedy pocoson or inland swamp thence west south west two hundred poles to a small Gum thence north north west one hundred and sixty four poles to a marked Gum standing by a branch being in the head line of Hood neck pattent thence south west by west one hundred and forty six poles to a white oak standing by and towards the head of Cranny Creek. Thence down by or nigh the said creek side to the mouth thereof and thence as the southern branch runs down to the first mentioned red oak including the said quantity three hundred acres as hereof being formerly granted to William Hatfield by the two pattents, the one for two hundred the other for one hundred acres dated the 24th August 1638 and four hundred and sixty acre of the said land formerly granted unto Randall Crews by pattent dated the 9th September 1648 all which by deeds and surrendered became the propper right of Richard Parker, Senr., dec'd. and four hundred acres more of the said land was formerly granted to the said Richard Parker, Senr. by pattent the 18th March 1662, and one hundred acres more being greatest            marsh also formerly granted to Richard Parker and of the now Pattentees, by pattent dated the 24th. February 1675/6, all which by the said pattents and their father's will being now the right and in possession of the said Thomas, Richard and Francis Parker the one hundred sixty acres residue, being over plus lands and march found to be contained within the said bounds and due by me for the transportation of four persons, etc.
To have and to hold, etc. To be held, etc., yeilding, etc. priviledge dated the 23rd day of April Anno Domini 1681.
Ann Crosdell George Dobson William Hendly Thomas Northern



Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 18 out of 29 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=93&last=... lection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 23 April 1681.
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Grantee(s): Parker, Thomas; Richad and Francis, the three sons of Richard Parker, decd.
Description: 1420 acres.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 93 (Reel 7).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
LinkParker, Thomas.
LinkParker, Francis.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804088

Previous Record

Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 11 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=144&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 26 April 1698.
Gen. note (Formerly granted Richard Parker, Oct. 15, 1654 again March 18th, 1662).
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Description: 400 acres on the souther branch of Nansemond River, adjoining the land of Will: Wright and his own.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 144 (Reel 9).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
LinkWright, Will.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804090

Previous Record

Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 11 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=144&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 26 April 1698.
Gen. note (Formerly granted Richard Parker, Oct. 15, 1654 again March 18th, 1662).
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Description: 400 acres on the souther branch of Nansemond River, adjoining the land of Will: Wright and his own.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 144 (Reel 9).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
LinkWright, Will.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804090

Previous Record

Full View of Record: LVA Catalogs
Choose format:

Standard format
Catalog card
Name tags
MARC tags

Record 10 out of 25 Previous Record Next Record
URL (Click on link) [File Extension: url] http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=175&last... llection=LO Patent
Author LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 15 October 1698.
Summary Location: Nansemond County.
Description: 48 acres on the eastermost side of the southern branch of Nansemond River, adjoining the land of Thomas Parker, &c.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 175 (Reel 9).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkParker, Richard. grantee.
LinkParker, Thomas.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Subject -Geographic LinkNansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

http://genealogy.ztlcox.com/~xcc2all/cfreddukefiles/c_fred_duke_fil... re1750.htm
15 Oct 1698 Richard Parker 48 acs. Nansamond Co.; E. side of the S. br. of Nansamond River; adj. Thomas Parker; Thomas Harrell; Thomas DUKE; & Rich’d Parker’s Cross Sw. patent." (III pa24)
15 Oct 1698 Daniel Pugh 24 acs. Nansamond Co.; "on Crany Cr. on E. side of the S. br. of Nansamond River; adj. land of Parker; & a line called Jerrico" (III pa25)
[CFD Note: The Meherrin River rises in Virginia and flows S into North Carolina where it forms the Hertford-Northampton Co line for approx. 9 Mi. after which it flows SE across Hertford County into the Chowan River. (Parkers Ferry has been operated across the Meherrin River near its mouth since the early years of the 20th century.]


(From Waunita Powell book)
Addendum
I am including some notes/corrections sent to me by Ray Fouts (female). I believe it may be of great help to all.
First I think you did a great job on your Dr. Richard. I intend to comment on it in my book on the Nansemond clan. I have spent the last six month in the patents, online, and have learned a good bit more than I knew before. Maps are essential tools for me, or I would be clueless as to where anything, or anybody really was.
Your page 29, second para., Lewis Wright is incorrect. It was William Wright.
Same page, last paragraph, there were two Craney Creeks and islands. One was southwest of Suffolk, Va.(Thomas Dew and Richard Parker’s lands) and the other was in what is now Norfolk Co., near Newport News. It seems there were two of most everything up there.
Pg. 32, I strongly do not believe that the William Parker with the 1636 & 1638 patents went to Maryland. I do believe he stayed I Nansemond Co., and was Richard Parker’s father. Elizabeth River Parish is in the same area as the second Craney Creek, in all its spellings. There was an early Edward Parker in that same area, but no known connection to the Parkers in the Upper Parish of Nansemond. That is a peculiarity of name, by the way. The Upper Parish, or Upper Norfolke, Upper New Norfolke was the southern part of Nansemond and the Lower Parish, etc., was in the northern section. Reason: totally unknown, to me. You are ever so right about Thomas Dew not being Thomas Drew. That was a real stretch on some folks’ part.
pg. 33, second Para., “Also in the area of Richard Parker.” there is an error. Bennett’s Creek is right, but Croucher/Crouches Cr. is in Surry Co., per C & P, quite a distance away. Of course, there were two (again) Bennets Crs. One was in the Upper Parish, with Richard, and the head of it is just over the Nansemon/Gates border. The other is in the Lower Parish and empties into the James River. It is an interesting story, but I don’t know how Boddie got it into Surry, if that is what he did. That William lived near Blunt Point, much closer to Newport News and Hampton Roads than Dumplin Island. Could that “Nanseaugertes” have been Nansemond Aug. Term? (Possible- when I had my files transferred from Word Perfect to Microsoft 2000 strange things showed up-Waunita).
Pg. 34 I believe John Bush’s patent to have been just north and west of Ragged Island. Ragged Island is the southern terminus of the James River Bridge. There is some confusion over Dumpling Island here. I realize that the pat. to William said “of Warrisquoick, : but that land does not lie in Isle of Wight and never has. In 1636, people were not that sure of County “boundaries,”so it was probably easy to make that kind of mistake. Dumpling Island is on the Eastern side of the Southern Br. of the Nanse. Riv. Powell’s Cr. is just south of Dump. Is.
Pg34-35 Wm. Hatfield had at least three patents in Nansemond, and probably bought a good bit more land, for which there are no deeds (drat the Brits and the Yanks!) The two for 100 and 200 acres were not near Dumpling Is., but near Craney Cr. (South.)
Page 36 22 Feb. 24, 1675/6… There is marsh all over Nansemond: this land is not on Dumpling Island.
Page 38 Lower Norfolk became Norfolk and Upper Norfolk became Nansemond.
The Western Br. of the Nans. Riv. and Chuckatuck Cr. are different places.
What is the source of the Paul Pender Will? Is that supposed to be Elizabeth, Lee, or Elizabeth Lee?
The Chowan deed from William Williams to Peter Parker is witnessed by John Parker, not Joan.
pg. 39 Top Line: Is that Bryant Oquin?
Pg. 41 Top, #3 That John was Peter’s eldest son.
Pg. 42 There is no documentation for Jean’s maiden name. People have called her Jean Bush Evans. and Jean Early Evans, but nobody seems to be able to prove it. Thomas had an eldest son, Peter, Not in his will, then Thomas, Joseph, Sarah, John William and Frances. All the children in the will were minors. There was no James. That is Hathaway’s goff and he made a lot of them, but he did record some things that are no longer extant. Sarah most probably had an elder sister who married Benjamin Evans. He was son of John and Jane Evans. I have his will.
John Benton’s will reads grandson Jess not James.
Jane Parker deed to James and Francis-not so-deed was to John Parker, from Jane and Francis (Frank). Ray.
I am sure Ray’s work is well done and you should check it out.
Some day you will hear more from her work. Waunita Powell

[Wayne N. Parker]

 More info from my file on FG#7

Wayne

• ID: I07487

• Name: William Parker

• Sex: M

• Birth: ABT 1604 in England

• Death: BET 1655 AND 1663 in Nansemond Co., VA

• Event: Fact 7 FEB 1624/25 He was 20 years old when he was listed on the muster of Virginia inhabitants in 1624/25

• Event: Y-DNA FG#7 Parker DNA Project

• Event: Y-DNA FG#7 Parker DNA Project P239 (Wayne N. Parker) FG#7 Parker DNA Project Haplogroup: R-M269 R1b1a2*

• Event: Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b1a2-M269 is observed most frequently in Europe, especially western Europe

• Event: Y-DNA Parker FG #7 Haplogroup R-M269

• Event: Y-DNA R1b1a2 L265/PF6431, M269, M520, PF6485/S3, PF6399/S10, S13, S17

• Note:

Reseaching the following Y-DNA Parker Family Group #7 see this link. http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/park5.htm

I want to give a great big thank you to my first cousin Homie Parker Holly for starting me down the long winding path in 1991. I also want to thank my late cousin Stephen M. Lawson for all the work he did. His web site is still up (Sept. 2013) at this link.
http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/parkerr.htm#EParker
A big thanks to cousin Paul Parker of Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN ( Paul and his brother Dale) still own Elijah Parker (my line) old homeplace. Located in the Raus Community of Bedford County, Parkers’ Farm is one of the oldest in Bedford Co., TN. Paul has many of the record from Elijah Parker, these records have help me trace our Parker back to Richard Parker I.

I want to thank all the members of FG#7 who are helping me with this research.and thanks to all of my cousins who have shared their work with me. i appreciate all the informatiom and encourgement you all have provided to me. Wayne Nelson Parker P239.
Members of FG#7 are P11,35,69,83,91,92,106,110,113,120,140,175,183,175,183,184,185,198,212,220 ,239,257,280,283,296,303,316,317,353,355,367,368,371,386
NOTE: See more information about members of FG#7 listed under Richard Parker I son of this William Parker.

Thanks to Raymond Parker Fouts and her great book "Following The Land". She is a very dear lady. I was able to add William Parker born 1604 to my file. (Wayne N.Parker) P239 Parker Family DNA Group #7
I have tried to do the best research that I can but please check the information before you use it, errors happens. Corrections and updates always welcome. THANKS Wayne N. Parker"

I am 99.998% sure that FG#7 line is from Richard Parker I of Nansemond Co.,VA and by land records of William Parker born 1604 see below, I am now 99.998% sure that this William is the father of Richard Parker I.
At this time July 2013 I am not sure if William had a son named Thomas due to Y-DNA research this line belongs to FG#1
so I have separated the Thomas Parker born Bet. 1626 - 1630 line from William Parker born 1604. He may well be but we need more research.

Based on my research (Wayne Nelson Parker) This William Parker born 1604 (FG#7) is not the son of Captain William Parker "The Mariner". I have an abstract of the will for Captain William Parker dated January 16,1617 proven December 4,1619. THERE WAS NO SON NAMED William Parker listed in his will !!!!!!!!! IN FACT BASED ON Y-DNA, William Parker "The Mariner" belongs to Parker FG#12 NOT FG#7!!!

The year of William Parker birth of 1604 is found below, for when the census was taken on February 7,1624/25 his age is 20 years old. Yes he came over in 1616 in the Charles and some researches think that means he was born in 1596 but that is not what the record below shows.

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
In June 1624, King James I assumed responsibilty for the colony of Virginia after he dissolved the Virginia Company of London. He ordered Virginia's leaders to make a record of the colony's inhabitants and their provisions. This census-known as the 1624/5 Muster-is the first comprehensive account of households in British North America. In addition, it is the only extant census for seventeenth-century Virginia. A 1623/4 list of the colony's habitants noted who survived the 1622 Indian attack and where they lived. This list did not include details about the relations among the settlers or their ages.
The 1624/5 Muster is a house-to-house survey that contains information about the location of households in Virginia, the individuals in each household and the ties that connected the colony's early residents to one another. The census-takers also made note of each household's provisions, buildings, boats, arms and ammunition, and livestock. The names of individuals who died during 1624 is part of the muster.
Name “William Parker “ Muster “Susan Bush “ Status “servant” Location “Elzabeth Cittie” Corporation “ Elzabeth Cittie “ Age “20” Ship “Charles” Date of Arrival “1616” Muster Date “7 February 1624/5”.

I found this information about the ship Charles. Hope I can find some more information that at can be traced back to original records.
Wayne N. Parker FG#7 researcher for P239
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjser8.html
END OF MAY, 1622 (page) 639

CCXXXIX. Virginia Company. “ A NOTE OF THE SHIPPING, MEN, AND PROUISIONS SENT AND PROUIDED FOR Virginia, … IN THE YEERE 1621.”

END of MAY, 1622

Printed. (1) A Broadside. (2) Collection of broadside James I, No. 194
(1) Document in New York Public Library. (2) Society of Antiquaries, London
List of Records No. 223

A note of shipping, men, and prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia, by the RIGHT Honorable Henry Earle of South-hampton, and the Comany, and other priuate Aduenturers, in the yeere 1621. &c.

Ships and People


1 The Elianor 30. Tun: in May 1621. with …................. 10. Persons
2 The George 180 Tun: in July.........................................120
3 The Charles 120. Tun: in July........................................080
_____( list of 4-24 ships that I did not list WNP 11-16- 2012) _____


They shipped 1550 persons Cattell 80.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaelizab/

Elizabeth City County, one of the eight original shires, was created in 1634. It was originally known by the name of Kecoughton. The name was later changed to Elizabeth City County which became extinct in 1952 when it was incorporated into the City of Hampton. The City of Hampton was burned during the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812 and during the Civil War. Some records exist from 1634 to 1861. The records are complete from 1865 to present day.

Elizabeth City (Virginia Company)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elizabeth City (or citiie as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company. The plantations and developments were divided into four "incorporations" or "cities", as they were called. These were Charles City, Elizabeth City, Henrico City, and James City. The latter included the seat of government for the colony at Jamestown. Each of the four "citiies" (sic) extended across the James River, the main conduit of transportation of the era. In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion became Elizabeth City Shire, later Elizabeth City County.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_City_(Virginia_Company)"

William Parker served as a Burgess for Upper Norfolk in the General Assembly of Virginia as of 12 January 1642/43.

http://www20.us.archive.org/stream/cavalierspioneer00nuge/cavaliers... 00nuge_djvu.txt

JOHN BUSH, of Kiccoughtan, 300
acres, Dec. 1, 1624, Page 31. Gent.,
who came to this country in the Nep-
tune in 1618. Lying within the parish
of Kiccoughtan in Elizabeth City Corp.,
adj. Lt. Albino Lupo, Wm. Julian &
Wm. Prickett. For the trans, out of
England of his wife, Elizabeth, his 2 chil-
dren Elizabeth & Mary, who all came in
the Guift in 1619, and 100 acs. for
trans, of 2 servts: Thomas Hand and
Wm. Parker, in the Charles in 1621.

This is the land records that proof that Wiliiam Parker is the father of Richard Parker I.
Note: You can see the land that William Parker acquired on May 31, 1636 and June 19, 1638 is the same land that his Grandsons Richard II. Thomas and Francis Parker inherit from their father Richard Parker I. See this land at this link.
http://andersonnc.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/deeds_for-websep111.jpg

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. War-
risquicke Co., last day of May 1636, p.
362. Beg. at a little Cr. on the S. side
of Nanzemund Riv., N. W. upon sd.
river against Dumplinge Island & S. E.
into the woods. Trans, of 7 pers: John
Gately, John Middep, Jane Veale, Mary
Harford, John Freethorne, Mary Waters,
William Golding.

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. Co. of
Up. Norf., 18 June 1638, p. 543. N.W.
upon Nansamund Riv., beg. at Powells
Cr. & butting upon his own land.
Trans, of 7 pers: Roger Salisbury,
Richard Savage, Dorothy Cole, Edward
Laughson, Walter Williams, Jon. Hat-
ton, Robert May.

SAMUELL STEPHENS, Gent., son
& heire of Capt. Richard Stephens, late
of Va., 2,000 acs., Up. Co. New Nor-
folk, in Nansemund Riv., July 20, 1639,
page 667. Adj. Percivall Champion,
William Sanders, William Parker &
Thomas Powell. Due for trans, by his
father, Capt. Richard Stephens, of 40
pers., whose names are not given.

TOBY SMYTH, Gent., 150 acs. Up.
Norf. Co., Sept. 25, 1644. Page 13.
Upon the W. side of Nansimond Riv.,
35 acs. called Raming Island, the rest
being marsh & adj. the island opposite
land of Francis Maldin, bounded Ewd.
with Dumpling Island Cr., which parts
it from land of William Parker. Due
for trans, of 3 persons, 2 of whom are
mentioned: Joane Corraway (or Carra-
way) & Thomas Wilkins.

EDWARD COOK, 100 acs. in W.
branch of Nanzemum Riv., adj. his own
& land of William Parker. 17 Mar.
1654, p. 316. Trans, of 2 pers: James
Cany, George Gourdon.

GEORGE GOURDEN, 100 acs. on
W. branch of Nancimond Riv., 18 Mar.
1662, p. 247, (175). Adj. land of
Wm. Parker & his own land. Granted
to Edward Cooke 17 Mar. 1654 & as-
signed to sd. Gourden.

ARGOLL YEARDLEY, 500 acs. in
the Up. Co. of New Norf., 6 Feb. 1637,
p. 521. Upon Dumpling Is. Cr. in
Nansamund Riv. on the S. side, adj.
land of William Parker & E. N. upon
sd. Cr. 50 acs. due for his own per.
adv., 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his
wife Frances & 400 acs. for trans, of
8 pers: Susan Beale, Thomas Adderly,
Rice Jones, Edward Kinsey, Christo.
Graunt, Jon. Woodcocke, Andolo &
Maria 2 Negroes.

From Following The Land by Raymond Parker Fouts page 5
As a respectable planter, he served as a Burgess for the Upper Norfolke (Nansemond) in the General Assembly of Virginia in 1942/43 and was acquainted with Thomas Dew, another Burgess in the same time period.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/countyformations/vir... rmationmaps.html

Four Original "Incorporations"-----------------------------------------1617
Eight Original "Shires", Immediately Referred to as "Counties"---------1634
  Accawmack formed-----------------------------------------------------1634
  Charles City formed--------------------------------------------------1634
  Charles River formed-------------------------------------------------1634
  Elizabeth City formed------------------------------------------------1634
  Henrico formed-------------------------------------------------------1634
  James City formed----------------------------------------------------1634
  Warrosquoyacke formed------------------------------------------------1634
  Warwick River formed-------------------------------------------------1634
New Norfolk formed from Elizabeth City---------------------------------1636
Lower Norfolk formed from New Norfolk----------------------------------1637
Upper Norfolk formed from New Norfolk----------------------------------1637
 New Norfolk ceases to exist------------------------------------------1637
Nansemond (name changed from Upper Norfolk)----------------------------1645
 Upper Norfolk ceases to exist----------------------------------------1645
Isle of Wight (name changed from Warrosquyoake)------------------------1637
 Warrosquyoake ceases to exist----------------------------------------1637

Nansemond:
Nansemond County, VA was first outposted as a part of the London Company in the early 1600’s, but this early outpost was not continuously occupied until 1621. Dr. Hugh Williamson, M.D., LLD in his The History of North Carolina, pub. By Thomas Dodson, PA, stated, "A small party was detached by order of Captian Smith (1621) from Jamestown to the post that had formerly been taken on the Nansemond River. From that Settlement, emigrants commenced in a short time to the waters of the Albemarle Sound, by way of Blackwater and Bennet’s Creek. Blackwater Creek is the headwaters of the Chowan River and either Blackwater or Bennetts Creek would have been the normal from Nansemond County to Chowan Precinct in North Carolina."

Formed as Upper Norfolk in 1637 from New Norfolk County.
Renamed in 1642.
Records were destroyed in 1866.
Incorporated as the City of Nansemond in 1972. Merged with the City of Suffolk in 1974.

All records transferred to City of Suffolk. Records include: Marriage from 1866, Land from 1734, Probate from 1866, and Court Records from 1774.

County Court Records were destroyed in three separate fires, the earliest of which consumed the house of the court clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), and the last on 7 February 1866. A few Fee Books have been found in the records of Sussex County.

The boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina had been in dispute for many years so in 1728 a new survey was run. The border was adjusted to the north about 15 miles moving lands that were part of Nansemond Co., VA into Chowen Co., NC. When they completed the new survey some of the landowner's found that they now had land that was split by the boundary between the two states.
Parts of Chowen Co., NC was later split into Gates Co., NC and Bertie Co., NC Richard Parker III was living in Chowan Co., NC in 1729 but he did not move to NC, In 1728 VA and NC agree to have the diving line between the two states resurveyed as there was a big dispute between the two states as to where the border was located . After the line was run Richard Parker III now lived just over the border in NC and he now has land in both states.
See map before and after 1728 survey at this link. http://genealogy.ztlcox.com/~xcc2all/cfreddukefiles/vancdividinglin...

http://www.gatescounty.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={9FA438DA -A6A9-48BA-B015-DBA6C392FF0D}
Gates County( NC) was a part of an area originally called "Albemarle", named for George, Duke of Albemarle. Later, what is now Gates County was split into three separate entities: Hertford, Chowan, and Perquimans counties. Most of the land within the present boundaries was considered to be Nansemond County, VA, until 1728, when William Byrd had surveyed the "dividing line" between Virginia and North Carolina.
The area was in controversy between the two States until then, and both granted land to applicants. It was Chowan County, and a narrow strip of Perquimans, until 1759, when all the area west of Bennett's Creek was cut off to Hertford County.

http://gates.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/
Gates was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans counties. It was named in honor of General Horatio Gates, who commanded American Army at the Battle of Saratoga. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan and Hertford counties, and the state of Virginia. Gatesville is the county seat.
Gates County was a part of an area originally called "Albemarle", named for George, Duke of Albemarle. Most of the land within the present boundaries was considered to be Nansemond County, VA, until 1728, when William Byrd had surveyed the "dividing line" between Virginia and North Carolina. In 1779 the area between the Chowan River to the West and Southwest, South of the county of Nansemond, Va., West of the Dismal Swamp and North of Catherine Creek and Warwick Creek was separated into a county all it's own. The physical land barriers of swamps or rivers made it difficult for residents of this area to travel to government seats in bad weather, and it was for this reason, among others that Gates County became an entity of it's own. In 1780 a courthouse, prison and stocks were built in Gatesville, at that time known as Gates Court House.

General William P. Roberts, who at age 20 was the Confederate's youngest Brigadier General, was born in Gates County July 11, 1841. He commanded the N.C Cavalry, 12th NC Battalion, Georgia Battalion, Gen W.H.F. Lee's Division, and Hampton's Cavalry Corps Army of Northern Virginia. In 1875 he represented Gates County at the constitutional convention, and the following year he was elected to the state legislature. In 1880, he became a state auditor and served in that capacity until 1888. Roberts died in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 28, 1910, and was buried in the Gatesville Cemetery.

Gates County includes communities (historic and otherwise) with such names as Acorn Hill, Ballard Crossroads, Beckford Junction, Buckland, Carter, Corapeake, Dort, Drum Hill, Eason Crossroads, Eleanors Crossroads, Eure, Flat Branch, Folly Fork, Gates Court House, Gatesville, Greens Fork, Hazelton, Hobbsville, Hoflers Fork, Holly Grove, Joppa, Kellogs Fork, Keys Crossroads, Mintonsville, Mitchells Fork, Muddy Cross, Old Chapel Crossroads, Parkers Fork, Pipkin Place, Powell Crossroads, Rays Beach, Riddick Crossroads, Sarem, Selwin, Storys, Sunbury, Topsy, Walton Crossroads, and Wyanoke

File Extension: urlhttp://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=543&last=&g_p=P1 &collection=LO Patent
Title Link Parker, William.
Publication 18 June 1638.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Upper Norfolk County.
Description: 350 acres run.g so. et. into the woods, N. wt. on Nansamund River, beg.g at a creek called Powells Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 543 (Reel 1).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Subject - Personal Link Parker, William. grantee.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Upper Norfolk County.
Subject -Geographic Link Upper Norfolk County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Upper Norfolk County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.

System Number 000804164

WILLIAM PARKER, 350 acs. Co. of
Up. Norf., 18 June 1638, p. 543. N.W.
upon Nansamund Riv., beg. at Powells
Cr. & butting upon his own land.
Trans, of 7 pers: Roger Salisbury,
Richard Savage, Dorothy Cole, Edward
Laughson, Walter Williams, Jon. Hat-
ton, Robert May.

Parker, William. Publication 18 June 1638. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Upper Norfolk County. Description: 350 acres run.g so. et. into the woods, N. wt. on Nansamund River, beg.g at a creek called Powells Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 543 (Reel 1). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

?Parker, William. Publication 30 May 1636. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Warrasquinoke County. Description: 350 acres beginning at a little creek, on the south side of Nanzemund River. Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 362 (Reel 1). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

?Lawson, Epaphroditus. Publication 1 November 1637. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Isle of Wight County. Description: 200 acres adjoining the land of Wm. Parker on the east side, N. Wt. upon Nansamund River. Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 492 (Reel 1). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal ?Lawson, Epaphroditus. grantee.

Lawson, Epaphroditus. Publication 23 December 1636. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Warrasquinoke County. Description: 200 acres joining upon William Parkers his land. Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 407 (Reel 1). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed

?Parker, Richard. Publication 18 March 1662. Gen. note Formerly gtd. him Octr. 4. 1654 renewed. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 400 acres on the southern branch of Nancemum River. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 323 (Reel 5). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal ?Parker, Richard. grantee.

Parker, Richard. Publication 24 February 1675/1676. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 100 acres with marsh the greater part adjoining at a place called Hoods neck. Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 596 (Reel 6). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal ?Parker, Richard. grantee.

Parker, Richard. Publication 23 April 1681. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Grantee(s): Parker, Thomas; Richad and Francis, the three sons of Richard Parker, decd. Description: 1420 acres. Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 93 (Reel 7). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker, Richard. Publication 26 April 1698. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 100 acres of land with marsh the greater part adjoining lying and being in the county of Nansemond at a place called Hoods neck in the southem branch and joining to other lands of the said Parkers father. Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 142 (Reel 9). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker, Richard. Publication 26 April 1698. Gen. note (Formerly granted Richard Parker, Oct. 15, 1654 again March 18th, 1662). Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 400 acres on the souther branch of Nansemond River, adjoining the land of Will: Wright and his own. Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 144 (Reel 9). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal ?Parker, Richard. grantee.

Parker, Richard. Publication 15 October 1698. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 48 acres on the eastermost side of the southern branch of Nansemond River, adjoining the land of Thomas Parker, &c. Source: Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 175 (Reel 9). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal ?Parker, Richard. grantee.

Parker, Richard. Publication 28 April 1711. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 44 acres on the eastward side of the southern branch of Nansemond River, near the head of a run called Olivers Run. Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 10 (Reel 10). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker, Richard. Publication 16 June 1714. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 304 acres near the head of Bennetts Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 185 (Reel 10). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

?Parker, Richard. Publication 16 June 1714. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 302 acres near the head of Bonnetts Creek. Beg.g at a pine standing near hoods Mare branch on the westward side. Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 133 (Reel 10). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker, Richard. Publication 12 July 1718. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 200 acres near the head of Bennetts Creek. Beg.g at a maple Richard Parkers corner tree standing in Hoods Mare Branch. Formerly granted to Samuel Parker, June 16, 1714. Source: Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 388 (Reel 10). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia

Parker, Richard. Publication 28 September 1730. Gen. note Parker, Richard, of North Carolina Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 399 acres in the upper parish. Beg.g at a pine a corner tree of his own land, thence &c. to a pine in the county line; thence &c. to a pine Thomas Odums corner tree. Source: Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732 (pt.1 & 2), p. 137 (Reel 11). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker, Richard. Publication 25 August 1731. Gen. note Parker, Richard, of North Carolina Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Nansemond County. Description: 388 acres adjoining his own, and Joseph Horton’s land. Source: Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732 (pt.1 & 2), p. 296 (Reel 11). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Parker it is ultimately of French occupational origins. It described an official in charge of the extensive hunting parks of a king or wealthy landowner. The derivation is from the words "parchier" or "parquier" meaning "park- keeper". The surname was first recorded in Englnd in the latter half of the 11th Century following the 1066 Norman Invasion, and as such was one of the very earliest surnames on record. Only five percent of the entries in the great Domesday Book of 1086 show people having surnames, and this is one of them. Amongst these very early recordings are examples such as Geoffrey Parchier, in the book of 'Seals' for the county of Northumberland, dated 1145 a. d. and Adam le Parker in the Hundred Rolls of the county of Norfolk for the year 1273.
The surname was one of the very first in the new American colonies. William Parker, aged 20, who arrived in the ship Charles of London, in the year 1616, is shown in the records for January 23rd 1624 as being in the "muster" of Susan Bush, of 'Elzabeth Cittie'. Quite what his situation was is far from clear, as Susan Bush herself arrived in 1617, and was only aged 20!

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Anschetil Parcher, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of the county of Somerset, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087.

[Steven Charles Kratz]

Wayne, then you acknowledge that there were at least 2 other PARKER families around Nansemond Co. VA, Chowan Co NC, and Gates Co NC in the 1600s not related at all, and that the Book Following Land made 2 great mistakes lumping all of these PARKERs in to FG#7.  Would add though that her book has some wonderful and very accurate information however lumping all these PARKER in to FG #7 is not correct if you go by The YDNA that Wayne, you posted right above.

[Wayne N. Parker]

Hello Steven,

 Yes Steven you were right as you told me several years that two different Y-DNA groups that were claiming the same family in Following The Land.   i hope you can a least find a young crow for me to eat. :) 

  Yes I am 100% sure that there are two Y-DNA families in Nasemond Co., VA  FG#1 and FG#7 that are listed in Following The Land and I agree that the book contains some great and very accurate information about families. We owe a big big debt to Mrs. Raymond Parker Fouts. I wish her well as she continues to  recover  from her stroke and the lost of her husband.

 We may have never been able to figure all this out without Y-DNA testing.

 We also have a third Y-DNA in Following The Land as P79 family is also in the book.

I will always be the first to say that I am not perfect and that I never will be.

 I can only guarantee that I will always seek to find the truth where ever that leads me in my genealogy research. I will continue to put theories out there to either be proved or disproved. 

 I will push myself and other researcher to do their very best and I also except other researcher to same to and for me.

 Hey, I have meet so many "new" cousins in the last few years and know I will meet many more. I also come to know a lot of "new". Parker research "buddies" that I enjoy exchanging ideas will.

Your Cousin Wayne

[Steven Charles Kratz]

Wayne, FG#1 may be located in the Ballards Creek area of Chowan Co NC, southern PARKER I will call them, while FG#7 may be located in the Bennetts Creek, Sumner surname area, Northern PARKER I will call them.  The book Following the Land distinguishes these 2 PARKER families, however she puts them all in the same FG#7.  Perhaps these are 2 entirely different families, non related.  Amos PARKER, Saul PARKER, Thomas PARKER, Josiah, Joseph, Peter PARKER, Elisha PARKER FG#1, Southern PARKER, Ballards Creek, and our PARKER northern PARKER, Sumner surname, Bennets Creek.

Amos PARKER also is connected with James FARLEE of Ballards Creek.   See book Following the Land and your opinion.